Pizza

Pizza is a flatbread generally topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked in an oven. It is commonly topped with a selection of meats, vegetables, and condiments. The modern pizza was invented in Italy, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many areas of the world.

In Rome, a pizza has always been a good excuse for a snack or as a full meal, or simply something to nibble at any hour of the day. Amongst the typical traditional pizzas in Roman cuisine the simple plain pizza or pizza bianca stands out from the rest, bought from the baker and eaten mid-morning, or filled, in season, with slices of cured ham and peeled figs for pizza prosciutto e fichi, a unique and delicious combination.